Comparison

nomap vs Blind Radar

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

nomap

Navigate your surroundings using only directional arrows and haptic feedback. This app guides you to your destination without requiring you to constantly look at your screen, allowing you to experience your journey more fully. It also features a unique compass mode activated by shaking your phone.

Highlights
  • Arrow-based navigation
  • Vibration guidance
  • Hands-free walking
  • Automatic rerouting
  • Shake-activated compass
  • Customizable routes
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Look up and walk forward. nomap is a navigation app that gets you to your destination using only arrows and vibrations. Our unique vibration system lets you reach your destination without constantly looking at your phone. Start walking with the guidance of vibrations. Are you spending your travels just looking at your phone? The journey to your destination can be a memorable part of your trip. While you're looking down at your map, you might miss a charming bakery right in front of you. With nomap, you don't need to keep staring at a boring map to get where you're going. As long as you're on the right path, your phone will keep the rhythm. Hold your phone straight and keep moving. When the rhythm stops, it's a sign to turn. Just spin around a bit, and you'll quickly find the right direction. If you take a wrong turn, don't worry. The app will automatically find a new route for you. - Secret Feature Once the navigation starts, try shaking your phone! It will turn into a compass that continuously points to your destination. This feature is handy when you want to know the direction to your destination or choose your own route. Enjoy your adventure while choosing the path you like. (You can revert back by shaking again.) nomap is a brand new app, released just in December 2023. We're excited to make it even more amazing! - When the Compass Points in the Wrong Direction... Sometimes the phone's compass may point in the wrong direction. If that happens, rotate your phone in a figure-eight a few times. It should recalibrate.

About

Blind Radar

Features
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Blind Radar turns your iPhone into a sixth sense. Point it where you're walking, and it warns you about walls, furniture, people, and trip hazards before you reach them, exactly like a car parking sensor: gentle ticks and haptic taps that speed up as you get closer, and a clear alarm when something is right in front of you. Three big buttons. That's the whole app. WALKING Your path, guarded. Blind Radar watches a narrow beam straight ahead of your iPhone, like a flashlight, and speaks the parking-sensor language every driver already knows. Slow ticks far away, rapid ticks up close, a continuous alarm at arm's length. Every tick comes with a matching haptic tap, so it works with the sound off, in your pocket-height grip, in a loud street. DESCRIBE Tap once and hear what's in front of you in plain, everyday words, "There's a door ahead with a kitchen inside, a table in the middle." Keep it on, point somewhere new, and it describes again. No jargon, no opinions, just what's there and where it is. READ TEXT Point at any sign, letter, menu, or label and Blind Radar reads it aloud, automatically detecting the language and speaking it with the right voice. Hands-free: it keeps reading new text as you pan, and never repeats itself. BUILT FOR REAL LIFE Swipe anywhere to switch modes, every mode announces itself aloud True 3D sound with AirPods: alerts come from the obstacle's direction Works on every modern iPhone; LiDAR models get extended range Fully compatible with VoiceOver Feel it before you buy it: the interactive demo plays every alert level during setup COMPLETELY PRIVATE Everything happens on your iPhone. No video is recorded, stored, or sent anywhere. No account. No internet required, Blind Radar works in a basement, on a trail, or on a plane. Your world, sensed. Privacy Policy: http://youapps.co/blind-radar-privacy.html Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

nomap4 screens
Blind Radar4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: nomap at none against Blind Radar's 3. nomap also leads on update cadence (every 2 days vs every 6 months) and iOS requirement (16.0 vs 18.0). On price, ads and device support there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Blind Radar sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $5.99 per month. nomap asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

nomap ships an update every 2 days, Blind Radar every 6 months. The most recent releases landed on October 4, 2026 and October 9, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
nomap versus Blind Radar: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameternomapBlind Radar
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 days — betterEvery 6 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad — better
Requires iOS16.0 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size39 MB15 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperYu OhamaHassan Hattab

In-app purchases

None

nomap

No in-app purchases

3 purchases

Blind Radar

Subscriptions2
  • Blind Radar Monthly7 Days trial$5.991 Month
  • Blind Radar Yearly$59.991 Year
One-time1
  • Lifetime Access$149.99

Questions

Is nomap free?
nomap is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Blind Radar free?
Blind Radar is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do nomap or Blind Radar have ads?
Neither nomap nor Blind Radar shows ads.
Which is updated more often, nomap or Blind Radar?
nomap ships an update every 2 days, and Blind Radar every 6 months. Most recently, nomap was updated on October 4, 2026 and Blind Radar on October 9, 2026.

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